Careers in Public Health

Career Paths in Public Health

The multidisciplinary nature of public health ensures a wide variety of jobs across a broad work arena. Common settings for public health practitioners include local, state, and federal government, hospitals and health centers, universities, research institutes, biopharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, healthcare consulting, as well as nonprofits.

Given our focus on health communication (MPH/Health Communication and MS in Health Communication), nutrition, epidemiology and biostatistics, global health, and health services, management, and policy, our alumni can be found in just about every role related to public health. Below are some sample job titles of our recent graduates by sector.

Tufts University

Tufts University School of Medicine and the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University are international leaders in innovative medical education and advanced research. The School of Medicine and the Sackler School are renowned for excellence in education in general medicine, biomedical sciences, special combined degree programs in business, health management, public health, bioengineering and international relations, as well as basic and clinical research at the cellular and molecular level.